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adjective

Definition of dawdlingnext
as in leisurely
moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed the dawdling pace of the movie was really making us restless

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dawdling

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verb

present participle of dawdle
1
as in delaying
to move or act slowly if you continue to dawdle, we'll be late for sure

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as in loafing
to spend time doing nothing accused the city council of dawdling even as the crime rate was spiraling out of control

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“Dawdling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dawdling. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.

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